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I can hear VK7RAE most of the time is 300km path unusual?
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:17 pm
by VK3IH
I have onky been an occasional 6m operator in the past, now more active. I can hear the VK7RAE Don Hill beacon a lot, by my calculation its a 320km path across water from my location. Is this unusual?
Paul VK3IH
Re: I can hear VK7RAE most of the time is 300km path unusual
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 7:56 am
by VK3AUU
No, not from South Gippsland. I get it on Speclab all the time and often I can hear it.
David
Re: I can hear VK7RAE most of the time is 300km path unusual
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 11:27 am
by VK3IH
thanks David, I will keep checking but I can usually hear it at the noise level or better (helps to dsp the CW width down to 100hz).
This begs the question that if we can hear a 10w Omni beacon at low ASL we should be able to do SSB@100W with yagi's to North Coast most of the time as well?
Paul
Re: I can hear VK7RAE most of the time is 300km path unusual
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 3:50 pm
by VK7DX
Hi Paul,
Have a listen on 50.200 in the mornings
We do meteor scatter from early.
I quite often work Norm VK3DUT direct with no enhancements(he not far from Bairnsdale)
cheers
Frank VK77DX
Re: I can hear VK7RAE most of the time is 300km path unusual
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 10:17 pm
by VK3IH
I can usually be on from 7am-7.45am EAST most days, I will be calling Thur am.
Paul
Re: I can hear VK7RAE most of the time is 300km path unusual
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 8:47 pm
by VK3IH
Didnt hear you this morning Frank but did work 7XX 5/9 steady signal at 730am EAST!
Paul VK3IH
Re: I can hear VK7RAE most of the time is 300km path unusual
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 9:26 am
by vk1da
Hi Paul
In 2001 I worked Norm 3DUT at good strength from a hill near Burnie using a wire dipole lying on a bush. I think 300km is a typical distance for 6m with 10w.
73
Andrew
Andrew Davis VK1DA & VK2UH
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